The rockpapershotgun travesty in the guise of journalism

[Praxis Abraxis]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/23/elex-first-hour/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rockpapershotgun%2Fsteam+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%3A+Steam+RSS%29

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Like, reading that is literally like what in the ever living ♥♥♥♥?
He gets so many details wrong, so I can only imagine he played the game comatos.

I could say a whole lot more,
but the fact remains this article is garbage

And I say that from someone who went to college for writing

absolute trash,
There isn't a shred of professionalism at all.

The author should be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ashamed, and be forced to sit for a month in a white room with a black chair
a 13inch CRT television, an atari, and a copy of E.T.

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

I was sad to see this garbage in the News section for Elex on Steam. These guys ought to get out of the business and learn how to flip a burger properly.

[magna]

It is not even a review, just a hit piece. It sounds like a conspiracy theory but something is clearly off with some of the reviews and articles, like they search for things to make the game appear bad.

[Praxis Abraxis]

Originally posted by magna:

It is not even a review, just a hit piece. It sounds like a conspiracy theory but something is clearly off with some of the reviews and articles, like they search for things to make the game appear bad.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who's rational brain has been tickled a bit by this games reception.

I mean, one site gave it a 3 for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake

[Harris]

Fortunately, there are enough journals, youtubers and player reviews to let one form their own independent opinion.

[magna]

Originally posted by Tezyck:

Originally posted by magna:

It is not even a review, just a hit piece. It sounds like a conspiracy theory but something is clearly off with some of the reviews and articles, like they search for things to make the game appear bad.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who's rational brain has been tickled a bit by this games reception.

I mean, one site gave it a 3 for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake

You only need to look at IGN's "review", the reviewer is unable to master the most basic combat mechanisms. Let me quote ZTempest from another thread:

Originally posted by ZTempest:

Okay, I went to Metacritic and started looking at the user score. The "pros" give it a 74.

I looked at the individual user reviews...and here is what I noticed.

With the exception of one guy, ALL of the negative reviews were either first time reviewers of ANY game, or seemed to have only one -- ELEX -- as a review. There were a couple that listed two or three reviews, all rated 0-3 (very low), but all three reviews were....ELEX.

Does that seem odd to anyone but me? To me it looks like a concerted effort to trash this game for some strange reason. Why would there be a concerted effort to downvote this game?

I did purchase ELEX, and I have played PB games off and on over the years. I would not consider myself a fan...but if anyone is looking for advice, I would take the current rash of reviews with a grain of salt. Try to find some honest assessments if you can. As for me, I will form my own opinion once I start playing, because I simply don't trust what I am reading from guys that played maybe 1 hour or less -- or who may not even own the game -- and who are driving what looks to me to be an agenda of some sort.

[Praxis Abraxis]

yea I saw that one too.

I seriously think there needs to be an overhaul on how gaming journalism is handled.
I mean, I'm sure by and large they have to pander to the largest demographic,

but why can't a game review be akin to a review of a famous authors new novel?

I play a lot of games and I'm constantly noting things that would better express the spirit and nature of the game, instead we get drivel.

They are art. They should be treated as such, imo.

[Singrave]

the game is graet, but...

combat hard, i get one-shoted by a rat for 10 times, frustrated and now i'd say it's 1/10!
/sarcasm

for now i'm frustrated that i'm OP and trying to find a balanced faction\weapons set to continue the game. :)

[Shrapnel]

ProTip: All 'professional' review sites are P2W. More money you give them, the higher your rating, the fewer flaws make it to print. PB doesnt pay for US adverstising. Hence the grade.

[Amigo]

Don't read gaming media.

[FlashBurn]

Game reviewers are casuals that bounce from game to game but suck at anything that does not play itself. Who reads that crap anyways?

[Sidian]

Originally posted by Shrapnel:

ProTip: All 'professional' review sites are P2W. More money you give them, the higher your rating, the fewer flaws make it to print. PB doesnt pay for US adverstising. Hence the grade.

ProTip: That is not true. Gaming companies don't pay anything (it's very risky because it's even against the law in some countries). It's all about privilege. Exclusive stories, interviews or events, something that is not accessable by any journalist, can generate many clicks and therefore money. It can even be review copies (like Totalbiscuit doesn't get any review copies from WB anymore)! That's why some ratings are higher than they should be: The journalists want to keep the access to these privileges.

However, that doesn't work for everyone. If everyone has a privilege, than that's not a privilege anymore. If a game has good reviews accross the board, it's probably good, because even the journalists without access to these privileges give the game high ratings. If a game has bad reviews accross the board, it's probably bad and there were no privileges to keep.
If a game has many mixed reviews, than that is probably influenced by the good reviews having access to some privileges.

Quite ironic, because that is exactly the case for Elex. One of the two highest review scores for game (85/100) was given by a review site who was allowed to publish their review one month before every other reviewer, giving them a massive lead regarding clicks (and money), because for one whole month, it was the only site with information about Elex.

Yes, a 49/100 (or 4.9/10) is way too low and the review is probably not done right. But low ratings like these are balanced out by the ratings which are too high.
A score of 70%-79% seems fair and fitting for the game. It has too many flaws to be at 80 or higher, but too much potential to be below 70.

[TrompeL'Oeil]

Originally posted by Tired_David - Twitch.tv:

I was sad to see this garbage in the News section for Elex on Steam. These guys ought to get out of the business and learn how to flip a burger properly.

That's an insult to the World's Burgers Flippers Association. Please retract your words immediately. RockPaperShotgun has been irrelevant for a long time now, but that's no reason to insult the burger flippers!

[Skaldy]

Originally posted by lameover:

the game is graet, but...

combat hard, i get one-shoted by a rat for 10 times, frustrated and now i'd say it's 1/10!
/sarcasm

for now i'm frustrated that i'm OP and trying to find a balanced faction\weapons set to continue the game. :)

dont consume elex potions.

[LordKuraba]

The article does seem more like a troll article than anything else. The section where he criticizes the quest log text had me seriously questioning his reading comprehension lol.

[DuX1112]

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